by Cocoa » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:38 am
All this about something I put in as an afterthought?
Think about the nature of these codes. Just numbers that represent letters right? They are something that is designed to both convey and conceal the truth. Can you think of anything else in “The Way” that both conveys and conceals the truth? How about Gaius. He’s a very ambiguous character.
Rhue is given the task of discerning what is true in a very gray world. It’s certainly not an enviable position and it is made all the harder by the presence of elements like codes, Gaius and his own flawed memory. The only way Rhue can sort through this is by consciously determining what is true and false based on what is demonstrably valid. <-(more on that later)
The codes do not possess much meaning beyond that, but Gaius is a profoundly important character. His bi-sexuality has great affect on Rhue’s development.
Just in cased you missed it I’ll say it plainly. Gaius, as a bi-sexual, is clouding Rhue’s self perception. At the end of the 5th episode he’s trying to get Rhue to believe that he could be the deviant “Phantom Slasher”.
Cocoa O. Muerto,
It is the only way.